VARIOUS TYPES OF CHILDREN

Children, Their Temperaments and Constitutions -

Every individual child has his nature which will be similar throughout his life. A child may be formed, but he can be formed or can form himself only according to his nature, which is almost homoeostatic. This homoeostatic state can be called the constitution. The constitution is "what is" and the temperament is "what becomes".

The Temperament of a child may change over time, and be affected by many external factors, such as the physical and emotional environment in which the child is raised, the illnesses to which they are exposed, vaccinations, drugs used, and so on.
the variou types of temperaments and constitutions of children are-
1] - The Sanguine Child-The sanguine child prefers to skip, or jump, or run on his toes rather than to walk. A delicate "taster" of food.child seems to be nourished more by his five senses than by his three regular meals.the thirst for company is a strong characteristic of this temperament.

2] -The Choleric Child - the choleric child is supremely happy - as indeed is everyone else (on the good days, that is). On the bad days, he is rejected as being simply "bossy" which makes him utterly miserable and confused. This unfortunate state of affairs can occasionally lead to the child destroying a game or project from which he has been excluded just to "show them" that he still is the boss.

3] - The Phlegmatic Child - Consider first a droplet of water - smooth, round, completely self-contained, a little world all of its own. There sits the phlegmatic child engrossed in a toy, or maybe his fingers only, impervious to pleas to get dressed for a walk, or to come and meet the visitor.

4] -The Melancholic Child -Picture to yourself a rock lying on the sandy beach, alone, self-contained, hard and cold to the touch, very still and seemingly unmoved by what goes on around, weighed down by its own mass, sinking slightly into the ground below.The inwardness of the melancholic accounts for his isolation, the inability, often, to relate harmoniously to others. At times such a child may become the butt for childish humor, the unfortunate victim of practical jokes which cause him deep unhappiness.

References

(1) Davy, Gudrun & Voors, Bons, (1987), Lifeways

(2) Herscu, Paul (1991), The Homoeopathic Treatment of Children